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> Every time I tweet gender, I go back through to make sure all the people who are “important” to me still follow me. (Hint: people with power over me. Heads of
by rubiquity 13y ago
> Every time I tweet gender, I go back through to make sure all the people who are “important” to me still follow me. (Hint: people with power over me. Heads of Product at interesting companies. VCs. I’m not too afraid that my friends are going to stop following me.)
I don't even really know what to say to this. Thanks for your honesty, I guess?
> The situation started feeling much worse when Marc Andreesen tweeted his support.. I’ve always looked up to A16Z. I’ve respected the people I’ve met there. Ben Horowitz used female pronouns in his book!
Woah, hey now. Quite the contrast between this paragraph and the other paragraph that I highlighted above. Much like you make sure people that have power over you being wealthy still follow you, A16Z takes care of people that are very likely to result in making A16Z wealth.
- StavrosK 13y ago> I’m not too afraid that my friends are going to stop following me. He probably means "I know my friends know me better and won't stop following me over a pronoun".